On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 08:33:48AM +0100, Arjen Markus wrote: > Paul Tomblin wrote: > > > > I am putting together something that will act like a Wiki for structured > > data (in this case, airport and navigation aid data like id, location, > > runways, etc). I currently store the data in an SQL databasee, but only > > the "current" version. I want to allow people to edit that data, but that > > means being able to compare versions, roll back erroneous edits, get what > > the database looked like before a particular editor came along, etc. Is > > there anything written on this topic? Has anybody ever tried it before? > > > > > > I recently saw something similar to what you describe (well, the airport > and navigation stuff) - http://www.flightaware.com - but maybe that is > just a similar area of application.
Sounds pretty different. Flightaware tracks all flights currently in the air that are under the control of the air traffic system (basically, commercial flights and anyone who's filed an IFR flight plan). I actually know the folks behind the site. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
